Syria: attack on military headquarters caught on CCTV

Syrian state TV broadcasts CCTV it says shows the moments two blasts struck an
army commander headquarters in Damascus.

9:20AM BST 27 Sep 2012

Four security guards were killed and 14 civilians and security personnel were wounded in twin blasts that hit a military complex in Damascus on Wednesday, Syrian state television quoted a military source as saying.

State TV aired CCTV footage it said showed a suicide car bomb blast on the side of a road next to the General Staff Command Building (Hay'at al Arkan) in the Umayad Square in central Damascus, followed by a second blast nearer the buildings.

The Free Syrian Army, the main rebel force fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad, claimed responsibility for the attack in the heart of the capital.

The bombing is the worst attack on the centre of Damascus since four senior military leaders, including the brother-in-law of President Bashar al-Assad, were killed in a bomb attack on the national security headquarters in mid-July.